Toyota to Invest $3.6 Billion in Texas Plant, Shift Tacoma Production from Mexico

Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $3.6 billion to build a new assembly line at its San Antonio, Texas, manufacturing plant as it shifts part of its Tacoma pickup truck production from Mexico.

Toyota plans to expand its San Antonio manufacturing plant as it shifts part of Tacoma pickup production from Mexico to Texas. (Photo: Green Toyota)

According to Kyodo News, the expansion is intended to reduce the impact of tariffs on vehicles imported from Mexico.

The new assembly line is expected to begin operations in 2030, creating approximately 2,000 jobs and increasing the plant's annual production capacity by about 150,000 vehicles.

Over the next four years, production of the Tacoma pickup at Toyota's Baja California plant in Mexico will gradually be transferred to Texas.

"By expanding our San Antonio plant, we are deepening our commitment to U.S. manufacturing," said Ted Ogawa, president of Toyota Motor North America.

Toyota's San Antonio facility, which began operations in 2006, currently produces the Tundra pickup truck and Sequoia SUV.